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03/20/2017 07:57:41 PM MDT

Meet and Eat calendar for March 21 to 24

Here is the menu for the Fort Morgan and Brush Meet and Eat sites. For Fort Morgan, call 970-380-7859 by 8 p.m. the night before for reservations. For the Fort Morgan Housing Authority meal site, call 970-867-6637 by 8 p.m. the night before for reservations. For the Brush site, call 970-842-4740 by 8 a.m. the day of the meal.

The City of Fort Morgan's annual Spring Cleanup Program has been scheduled for March 25 to April 2. During this time, the city's Streets and Sanitation Departments will pick up trash items at no charge to residents within city limits. For more information on the program, and what types of items may be or may not be disposed of, contact the City Sanitation Department at 970-542-3985.

This service ends April 2. Nothing is to be placed in the alleys or by curbs after this date or customers will be fined and/or charged for service. Please note that it may take several days after the end of the program for crews to finish removing all items.

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Sherman kindergarten registration set for April 3

Sherman Early Childhood Center is getting ready for school registration for the 2017-18 school year.

Parents will be able to register their children on April 3 at the school from either 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. or from 4 to 7 p.m. that day. They will need to bring birth certificates and current immunization records for the children being registered.

To enter kindergarten next fall, a child must be 5 years old by June 15, 2017. More info: Call 970-867-2998.

FMPD launches Adopt-a-School Program

The Fort Morgan Police Department aims to make local schools safer and build trust between students and officers with its new Adopt-a-School program in partnership with the Fort Morgan Re-3 School District.

Adopt-a-School is a volunteer program in which FMPD officers have "adopted" a school and will volunteer some of their time in the school, working with the youths. All schools within the district have been adopted by one or more Fort Morgan Police Officers. The exceptions are Fort Morgan High School and Fort Morgan Middle School, which already have School Resource Officer Tim Malone assigned full-time during the school year through an existing agreement with the school district.

"The goal of the program is to make the schools in Fort Morgan even more safe and to build a stronger relationship between the students and Fort Morgan police officers," said Fort Morgan Chief of Public Safety Paul Schultz.

The officers will interact with the students in a variety of ways that may include working with children in the classroom, eating lunch with the kids or just hanging out with them.

FM Library offering new e-book service

OverDrive, a new "e-Book" service now being offered by Fort Morgan Public Library, makes digital e-Books, audiobooks and streaming video available anytime, anywhere with a Fort Morgan library card.

Library card holders can borrow by visiting https://coloradodc.overdrive. com/, or go to www.cityoffortmorgan. com/library and click on the "Borrow e-Books & More" link on the right hand side of the page. To sign in, locate and choose the Fort Morgan Public Library from the list of libraries that belong to the OverDrive Across Colorado Digital Consortium. Then log in using your library card number and the four-digit PIN.

Users may browse and borrow titles and start reading, listening or watching on all major computers and devices, including smartphones, tablets and Kindles. Many titles can be enjoyed immediately on any device with an internet browser or downloaded into the free OverDrive app at http://app.overdrive. com/. All titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period, so there are no late fees. Info: 970-542-4000.

Apply for Colorado Holstein Association scholarships

The Colorado Holstein Association has been aiding dairy youth since 1979 with scholarships for higher education. The association's scholarship committee is seeking applications for the 2017 year.

All high school graduating seniors who are junior or senior members of the Colorado Holstein Association are eligible to apply for the scholarship, which is for four years at a value of $4,000. Students are evaluated on their school achievement, youth activities, community/leadership activities and career goals.

Scholarship applications are due by March 15. To get an applications, contact committee chair Gertie Chapin at 970-645-2316.

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